Hospitals of the past were spooky, terrifying buildings filled with disease and death. Medicine and medical practices have come so far in the last hundred years, but before that there was no guarantee that the treatment would be better than the illness. It might even be worse. In this episode we’re going to dive into the history and hauntings of two separate, historic hospitals in the United States. Though both hospitals saw a great deal of death, one of the hospitals had caring, competent staff and adequate funding to truly care for their patients. The other hospital started off with the greatest of intentions, but after only a few short years, it turned into a house of horrors.
Watch: The Haunted Halls of Waverly Hills Hospitals from BuzzFeed
Season 2, Episode 14: Waverly Hills Sanatorium from Ghost Hunters Classic (Amazon)
Season 4, Episode 9: Haunted Asylum from Ghost Hunters Classic (Amazon)
Season 9, Episode 25: 200th Episode from Ghost Hunters Classic (Amazon)
Inside Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum | Portals to Hell from Travel Channel
Additional Sources: Inside The Haunted Halls Of Waverly Hills Sanatorium from the Travel Channel
Tuberculosis from the CDC
Waverly Hills Sanatorium from American Hauntings
The Horrifying History Of The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum from All That's Interesting
History of Psychiatric Hospitals from Penn Nursing
We will be taking a brief break for June and July of 2024. We hope to resume with our regular program in August of 2024. Thank you for your patience and check out our previous episodes!
Intro/Outro Music: A Creepy Music from Music Unlimited
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